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11/26/02
The Quiet American (2002)
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Reviews Counted:140
Fresh:124
Rotten:16
Average Rating:7.8/10
Consensus: Thoughtful and wonderfully acted, The Quiet American manages to capture the spirit of Green's novel.
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Genre: Dramas
US Box Office: $12,843,884
Synopsis: Set in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1952 during the French Indochina war, THE QUIET AMERICAN is based on the mystery story by Graham Greene, and directed by Phillip Noyce. A middle-aged British reporter for... [More]
Reviews for The Quiet American
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03/07/03
Top Critic...Caine, given the material, manages to convey a degree of self-respect.
12/18/02
Director Noyce meticulously presents Graham Greene's morality tale about a troubled man and his imperiled adopted country.
01/30/03
Strong, haunting and couldn't be more timely.
11/22/02
A complex thriller worth shouting about.
02/07/03
A wonderfully atmospheric, beautifully acted, first-rate historical epic.
02/06/03
It works not only as a love triangle drama, but as a political thriller and a murder mystery.
11/22/02
A taut, spare picture that captures the hurt, betrayal, and moral ambiguity of the times, swaddled in the elegance of French-controlled Saigon.
02/12/03
'Una tranquila pero recia interpretación de Michael Caine, que realiza uno de sus mejores trabajos en años.'
03/17/03
The Quiet American is a most disturbing film -- but disturbing in a good way.
02/14/03
In so many ways, The Quiet American speaks volumes.
03/10/03
Noyce has wrought an often-compelling tale of life, love, and jealousy played out under the gathering storm clouds of war.
02/06/03
Noyce's measured, intelligent film ... restores the novel's political and moral complexity.
11/05/02
Emotionally and politically complex beyond what most filmmakers would dare attempt.
02/07/03
A smart and gutsy work that argues Americans are prone to repeating the mistakes of history instead of learning from them.
03/04/03
It's Caine who deserves the Best Actor trophy, delivering not only the finest male performance of 2002 but also one of the best of his entire career.
02/19/03
Belongs in the company of The Year of Living Dangerously and other bold cross-cultural cinematic masterpieces; it couldn't be more timely with its critique of the arrogance of a nation that sets out to be the world's policeman.
11/22/02
Caine comes close to 'the best work he's ever done' in this shipshape, despairingly cynical adaptation of Graham Greene's eerily prescient 1955 novel.
02/04/03
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